A man who was arrested after swallowing drugs has been refusing to go to the bathroom for over a month.
New data from the Hubble Space Telescope has shown that the universe is expanding faster than expected.
Tourists may soon have the opportunity to book a room in a hotel with a rather extraordinary view.
A new study has found that Neanderthals, not humans, created the world's oldest known cave paintings.
Scientists have used modern scanning techniques to discover what thylacine infants really looked like.
A man in India unexpectedly underwent a rare operation that has left him with two working, beating hearts.
A new image of the long-dead Phoenix lander on Mars has shown that it has become coated in a layer of dust.
Archaeologist and engineer Glen Dash has worked out how such a precise alignment was achieved.
The well-preserved gloves were discovered during the excavation of a Roman fort on Hadrian's Wall.
A solitary tree on an island in New Zealand may hold the key to determining the beginning of the Anthropocene.
Concerns were raised recently when a river in the Scottish capital turned a disconcerting shade of green.
Scientists have indicated that the famous storm could blow itself away within the next 10 to 20 years.
It is believed that plants first arose on land 100 million years earlier than previous studies had suggested.
The son of a man who found a message in a bottle 60 years ago is now searching for the author's relatives.
Scientists have determined what made the notorious Roman cave so deadly to those who ventured inside.
A renewed hunt for Earth-like worlds has yielded a haul of 95 previously undiscovered extrasolar planets.
The research aims to solve donor organ shortages by making it possible to grow human organs inside sheep.
Claudia Ackley has taken it upon herself to sue the state for refusing to acknowledge the existence of Bigfoot.
The unfortunate man spent several days scrambling around the sewerage system looking for a way out.
Researchers believe that humanity would be more likely to welcome than fear the discovery of alien life.